The passion of the Western mind
Subtitle: understanding the ideas that have shaped our world view
By: Richard Tarnas.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harmony Books
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
Subjects: Philosophy -- History.; Civilization, Western.; Religion and science -- History.; Consciousness -- History.
Description: Ten years in the making and already receiving wide critica acclaim, The Passion of the Western Mind is a major new inquiry into the evolution of our culture's consciousness, from the dawn of Western civilization to the dawn of the twenty-first century. This is the epic sstory of our intellectual and spiritual heritage, a story never before told with such breadth of focus and clarity of insight.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-511) and index.